Inventors of the South Tigris

About this board game

Inventors of the South Tigris is a board game for 1–4 players, with games lasting about 120 minutes, set during the height of the Abbasid Caliphate around 850 AD.

Baghdad has become home to thousands of mathematicians, astronomers, chemists, and physicians. As an inspired innovator, you seek to create clever contraptions that will impress your peers. Will your ingenious devices adorn the House of Wisdom, or will they be destined for dust and decay?

The aim of Inventors of the South Tigris is to finish with the most Victory Points. Your progress is driven primarily by developing the devices that define your work as an inventor. Several major paths contribute to your final score:

• Inventing devices
• Building devices
• Testing devices
• Publishing devices
• Training your Craftspeople
• Developing your Workshops
• Researching
• Influencing the three scientific Guilds

These connected opportunities let players pursue recognition through invention, development, research, and influence. Every decision contributes toward the broader goal of earning distinction among the scholars and innovators of Baghdad.

With its Abbasid-era setting and focus on scientific achievement, Inventors of the South Tigris places inventive ambition at the center of a substantial tabletop experience. Create devices, develop your capabilities, and compete to become the most successful innovator.